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        <p>strcmp — 
      Compare strings
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        <h2>Description</h2>
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      Compare strings and set the result to -1, 0, or 1 if the first string is less than, equal to, or greater than the second, respectively. strcmp compares at i-time only.
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        <pre class="synopsis">ires <span class="command"><strong>strcmp</strong></span> S1, S2</pre>
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      Here is an example of the strcmp opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/strcmp.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">strcmp.csd</em></a>.
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            <strong>Example 874. Example of the strcmp opcode.</strong>
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<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span>
-odac     <span class="comment">;;;realtime audio out</span>
<span class="comment">;-iadc    ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too</span>
<span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span>
<span class="comment">; -o strcmp.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsInstruments&gt;</span>
<span class="comment">;modified example from Joachim Heintz</span>
<span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100
<span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 32
<span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 2
<span class="ohdr">0dbfs</span>  <span class="op">=</span> 1

   <span class="oblock">opcode</span> Triad, iii, S				<span class="comment">;define UDO</span>
Sname      <span class="opc">xin</span>
iMaj       <span class="opc">strcmp</span>     "maj", Sname
iMin       <span class="opc">strcmp</span>     "min", Sname
iPrim      <span class="op">=</span>          8.00			<span class="comment">;notes in pitch notattion</span>
iQuint     <span class="op">=</span>          8.05
  <span class="octrl">if</span> iMaj <span class="op">==</span> 0 then
iTer       <span class="op">=</span>          8.03
  <span class="octrl">elseif</span> iMin <span class="op">==</span> 0 then
iTer       <span class="op">=</span>          8.02
  <span class="octrl">endif</span>
            <span class="opc">xout</span>       iPrim, iTer, iQuint
   <span class="oblock">endop</span>

<span class="oblock">instr</span> 1

Sname <span class="opc">strget</span> p4
ia, ib, ic Triad Sname				<span class="comment">;apply UDO</span>
      <span class="opc">print</span> ia, ib, ic
asig1 <span class="opc">pluck</span> 0.7, <span class="opc">cpspch</span>(ia), 220, 0, 1
asig2 <span class="opc">pluck</span> 0.7, <span class="opc">cpspch</span>(ib), 220, 0, 1
asig3 <span class="opc">pluck</span> 0.7, <span class="opc">cpspch</span>(ic), 220, 0, 1
asig  <span class="op">=</span> (asig1<span class="op">+</span>asig2<span class="op">+</span>asig3)<span class="op">*</span>.5
      <span class="opc">outs</span> asig, asig

<span class="oblock">endin</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsInstruments&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsScore&gt;</span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span>1 0 3 "maj"
<span class="stamnt">i</span>1 4 3 "m<span class="stamnt">i</span>n"
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsScore&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
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            <td>2005</td>
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